Turnipseed v. Sirrine
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Ki/ugh, J., Greenville, February, 1899. Action by Susan E. Turnipseed against George W. Sirrine, executor of A. Viola Neblett, Sarah Enodeus Neblett, and The Neblett Free Library Association.
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Before Ki/ugh, J., Greenville, February, 1899. Action by Susan E. Turnipseed against George W. Sirrine, executor of A. Viola Neblett, Sarah Enodeus Neblett, and The Neblett Free Library Association. The Circuit decree is as follows: “This case was heard by me upon the pleadings, testimony taken in open Court and argument of counsel, in December, 1898. The object of the action is to established an agreement which the plaintiff claims was entered into by Mrs. A. Viola Neblett with the plaintiff, by which Mrs. Neblett promised to leave by will to the plaintiff the bulk of her property, and to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Justice Gary.
In 1892, the plaintiff and her niece, Mrs. A. Viola Neblett, entered into an agreement to make mutual wills, leaving the bulk of the property of the one to the other. The plaintiff performed her part of the contract, but Mrs. Neblett died in 1897, making a disposition of her property by will different from that mentioned in the agreement. This is an action to enforce specific performance of said agreement. His Honor, Judge Klugh, makes a de*575tailed statement of the facts in his decree dismissing the complaint.
The plaintiff appealed upon…
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